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June 3, 1999 AL · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Opelika Materials Llc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN EXCAVATOR AND SAYS THAT THE JARRING AND BOUNCING OF THE MACHINE HAS CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK.

April 19, 1999 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Opelika Materials Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED EE WAS WATCHING ANOTHER EE REPLACE CLAMPS ON A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE CLAMP CAME OFF STRIING THE EE IN THE LIP.

March 1, 1999 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Opelika Materials Llc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS CUTTING STEEL WITH WELDING TORCHES WHEN OXYGEN LINE BLEW AND BURNED EE'S LEFT ARM AND HAND.

December 3, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Opelika Materials Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE GRINDER WHICH HE WAS HOLDING SLIPPED FROM HIS HADN CAUSING A 4 CM LACERATION OF HIS LEFT LEG.

October 23, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Opelika Materials Llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PRY A BOULDER OUT OF THE JAW CRUSHER WITH PRYBAR, THE BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE BOULDER.

October 9, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal OTHER
Opelika Materials Llc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EX-EE CAME BACK TO PLANT TO PICKUP HIS PAYCHECK.HE EXCHANGED WORDWS WITH EE AND A FIGHT ENSUED EE WAS HIT IN THE FACE & KNOCED TO THE GROUND FROM THE PORCH OF THE OFFICE

September 24, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Opelika Materials Llc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS EXITING PARTS STORAGE TRAILER HE STEPPED ON A 5 GALLON BUCKET WHICH TURNED OVER. EE THEN FELL AND HIT HIS HEAD

September 2, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Opelika Materials Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TURNING A BOLT/NUT WITH A WRENCH WHEN THEWRENCH SLIPPED & HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD

August 20, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Opelika Materials Llc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF OF ROCK TRUCK WHEN TRUCK MOVED AND SHE FELL TO GROUND.

August 6, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Opelika Materials Llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PUTTING A WATER PUMP IN PLACE WHEN THE PUMP CAME TO REST IT WAS ON THE EE'S FINGER.

July 13, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Opelika Materials Llc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS PULLING BELT TO COVER A PUMP WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND FELL ON HIS KNEE.

July 9, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Opelika Materials Llc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELING ROCK AND DIRT AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

July 8, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Opelika Materials Llc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS SHOVELING ROCK AND MUD WHEN HE GOT A SPLINTER OF WOOD IN HIS FINGER FROM THE SHOVEL HANDLE.

June 22, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Opelika Materials Llc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS IN TUNNEL UNSTOPPING A SYNTROM WHEN HE STOOD UP AND HIT HIS LOWER BACK ON THE TOP OF THE TUNNEL.

June 18, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Opelika Materials Llc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS UNSTOPPING A SYNTOROM, WHEN THE ROCK BECAME LOOSE ONE ROLLED AND HIT HIM IN THE ANKLE.

June 18, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Opelika Materials Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PRYING A PIECE OF METAL WITH A CROWBAR. WHEN THE METAL GAVE WAY. THE EE SLIPPED CAUSING THE CROSSBAR TO HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.

June 17, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Opelika Materials Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BREAKING ROCKS LOOSE WITH A CROWBAR WHEN THE CROWBAR SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT WRIST.

June 15, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Opelika Materials Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING AND SLIPPED DOWN AND STRAINED HER BACK.

June 12, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Opelika Materials Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON A PULLEY UNDERNEATH A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE DROPPED HIS HAMMERS. AS HE REDCLED TO PICK IT UP ANOTHER EE HIT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WITH A BAR.

June 12, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Opelika Materials Llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF METAL FROM A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HIS HAND GOT TOO CLOSE TO A MAGNET CAUSING THE PIECE OF METAL TO BE PICKED UP BY THE MAGNET AND CRUSHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE METAL A ND MAGNET.

June 9, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Opelika Materials Llc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING A WATER TRUCK DOWN A HILL WHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND FLIPPED THE TRUCK.

May 15, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Opelika Materials Llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS RAISING THE FRONT WINDOW BACK ON THE TRACK HOE HE WAS OPERATING. WHEN THE WINDOW STARTED BACK IT CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE WINDOW FRAMING AND A CAB FAN BRACK ET.

May 14, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Opelika Materials Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A PIECE OF CLASS 2 RIP RAP FROM THE BED OF A CUSTOMERS TRUCK THAT WAS OVERLOADED. HE DID HTIS FROM THE LADDER PLATFORM ON HIS LOADER WHILE THE TRUCK BED WAS IN THE AIR. HE REMOVED ONE ROCK FROM THE BED AND A LARGE PIECES THAT WAS ABOVE IT SLID DOWN THE PILE ON THE TRUCK STRIKING HIS THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND.

May 12, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Opelika Materials Llc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REPAIR A HOLE IN A CONVEYOR BELT BY CARRYING SOME TOOLS DOWN AN EMBANKMENT TO THE BELT. HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON A LOOSE ROCK AND SLIPPED TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

September 27, 1997 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Opelika Materials Llc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS CHANGING A SCREEN WIRE ON A SHAKER SCREEN HE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLTS & PULLED A MUSCLE.

May 16, 1997 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Opelika Materials Llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE TAILGATE ON A DUMP TRUCK TO LET THE TAILGATE LOCK RELEASE, SO THAT THE TAILGATE WOULD THEN LOCK PROPERLY. IN DOING THIS, ONE HAND SLIPPED OFF AND THE WEIGHT OF TH E TAILGATE PULLED HIS OTHER HAND INTO THE BED ATTHE PINCH POINT, WHICH ENDED UP PULLING THE TOP OF HIS FINGER OFF FROM THE NAIL DOWN.

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